Darko Durbic

I STOOD BY YOUR BED


I stood by your bed last night, I saw you crying in your sleep.
I wanted to tell you how much I love you, and beg you not to weep.
I whispered to you softly and brushed away a tear,
"It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."


I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea,
and I remembered many times your love reached out to me.
I was with you at the shops today, your arms were getting sore.
I longed to take your parcels, I wished that I could help you more.


I was with you at my grave today, you tend it with such care.
I want to reassure you, that I'm not lying there.
I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key.
I gently put my arms around you, I smiled and said again "it's me."


You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there.
I want to let you know I'm near you every day.
To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."


You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew ...
in the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.
The day is over... I smile and watch you yawning
and say "goodnight, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."


And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand, side by side.
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.
Be patient, live your journey out ... then come home to be with me.

C   A   N   D   L   E   S

It all began the day I found
That from my window
I could only see
A piece of sky.
I stepped outside and looked around,
I never dreamed it was so wide
Or ever half as high.
 
 
The time had come
To try my wings
And even though it seem at any
Moment I could fall,
I felt the most
Amazing things,
The things you can't imaging if
You've never flown at all.
 
 
Thought it's safer to stay on
The ground,
Sometimes where danger lies
There the sweetest of pleasures
Are found.

No matter where I go--there'll be
Mem'ries that tug at my sleeve
But there will also be more to
Question yet more to believe.

The more I live--the more I learn.
The more I learn--the more I realize
The less I know.
Each step I take
Each page I turn
Each mile I travel only means
The more I have to go.

What's wrong with wanting more?
If you can fly--then soar.
With all there is--why settle for
Just a piece of sky?